hi Debbie,

my story: teams and fluoride trays don't always mix.

Cancer doc says get trays and wear them at nite.
Dentist makes them up for me.
Treatment starts.
Shortly i'm in big agony wearing trays at night. to over come insertion problems, i used ice packs on my head around temples to chill out and cause diversion before insersion. i really have to get right each nite to do it because it almost brought me to tears. then as i sleep, flouride ouzed out and i suffered. i learned to paint the trays with q-tips to reduce the overflow.

then i see the cancer doc who asks how things are going... i say ok, but the trains aren't fun.

fortunately he follows up with. 'how are you using them'

i say put them in before bed each nite.

reply ' i didn't tell you to do that! you only need to wear them 10 minutes'

for me, (a) dentist didn't give instructions and (b) i assumed 'wear them at nite' means all night.

so i left happy that it would be just 10 minutes each evening.

it's a couple of years later now. i smile about it big time, with all my teeth in place.

You can do it.. just get the fitted right and get your head right.... it ain't all night.


cu,
larryb